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Robert F. Donnell MD

Emeritus Associate Professor

Institution: Medical College of Wisconsin
Department: Urology

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Research Experience

  • Clinical Trials, Phase I as Topic
  • Clinical Trials, Phase II as Topic
  • Controlled Clinical Trials as Topic
  • Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
  • Therapies, Investigational

    • Clinical Expertise

  • Botulinum Toxins, Type A
  • Cryosurgery
  • Laser Therapy
  • Lasers
  • Lithotripsy
  • Lithotripsy, Laser
  • Prostatic Hyperplasia
  • Prostatic Neoplasms
  • Transurethral Resection of Prostate
  • Ultrasound, High-Intensity Focused, Transrectal
  • surgery

    • Leadership Positions

  • Chief Medical Informatics Officer, interim

    • Publications (25)

  • Laser safety and clinial applications in Urology (Donnell, RF) AUA update series publication accepted 07/15/2013    
  • Re: Update on AUA guideline on the management of benign prostatic hyperplasia: K. T. McVary, C. G. Roehrborn, A. L. Avins, M. J. Barry, R. C. Bruskewitz, R. F. Donnell, H. E. Foster, Jr., C. M. Gonzalez, S. A. Kaplan, D. F. Penson, J. C. Ulchaker and J. T. Wei J Urol 2011; 185: 1793-1803. (Abrams P) J Urol 2012 Jan;187(1):358-9; author reply 359 PMID: 22119362 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-83555163896 11/29/2011       5 Citations
  • Effects of 100 and 300 units of onabotulinum toxin A on lower urinary tract symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia: a phase II randomized clinical trial. (Crawford ED, Hirst K, Kusek JW, Donnell RF, Kaplan SA, McVary KT, Mynderse LA, Roehrborn CG, Smith CP, Bruskewitz R) J Urol 2011 Sep;186(3):965-70 PMID: 21791356 PMCID: PMC3601655 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-80051552892 07/28/2011       47 Citations
  • Update on AUA guideline on the management of benign prostatic hyperplasia. (McVary KT, Roehrborn CG, Avins AL, Barry MJ, Bruskewitz RC, Donnell RF, Foster HE Jr, Gonzalez CM, Kaplan SA, Penson DF, Ulchaker JC, Wei JT) J Urol 2011 May;185(5):1793-803 PMID: 21420124 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-79953768905 03/23/2011       1012 Citations
  • Benign prostate hyperplasia: a review of the year's progress from bench to clinic. (Donnell RF) Curr Opin Urol 2011 Jan;21(1):22-6 PMID: 21171199 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-78650483392 12/21/2010       64 Citations
  • Minimally invasive therapy of lower urinary tract symptoms. (Donnell RF) Urol Clin North Am 2009 Nov;36(4):497-509, vi-vii PMID: 19942048 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-70449718842 11/28/2009       8 Citations
  • Variation in institutional review board responses to a standard protocol for a multicenter randomized, controlled surgical trial. (Helfand BT, Mongiu AK, Roehrborn CG, Donnell RF, Bruskewitz R, Kaplan SA, Kusek JW, Coombs L, McVary KT, MIST Investigators) J Urol 2009 Jun;181(6):2674-9 PMID: 19375101 PMCID: PMC4720253 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-67349264564 04/21/2009       38 Citations
  • Use of consumer health vocabularies in online physician directory to improve physician search. (Hong Y, Gillis RD, Donnell RF) AMIA Annu Symp Proc 2008 Nov 06:974 PMID: 18998819 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-73949130180 11/13/2008       1 Citation
  • Management of ileostomy trauma produced by a dog bite in a patient with thoracic paraplegia. (Pagel PS, Scott JP, Schmeling WT, Donnell RF) Urology 2007 Aug;70(2):373.e8-9 PMID: 17826522 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-34548414645 09/11/2007    
  • Post-ejaculatory Pain. (Donnell RF) Curr Urol Rep 2005 Jul;6(4):280-1 PMID: 15978229 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85085040501 06/28/2005    
  • Granulomatous Prostatitis Linked to HLA-DRB1*1501. (Donnell RF) Curr Urol Rep 2005 Jul;6(4):279 PMID: 15978228 06/28/2005    
  • Antinanobacterial therapy for men with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome and prostatic stones. (Donnell RF) Curr Urol Rep 2005 Jul;6(4):279-80 PMID: 15978227 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-77749263054 06/28/2005       3 Citations
  • CD4 and CD8 T-lymphocyte Recognition. (Donnell RF) Curr Urol Rep 2005 Jul;6(4):280 PMID: 15978230 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85084701865 06/28/2005    
  • Prostatitis: the cost of disease and therapies to patients and society. (Schultz PL, Donnell RF) Curr Urol Rep 2004 Aug;5(4):317-9 PMID: 15260936 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-16544376462 07/21/2004       1 Citation
  • The use of saw palmetto versus finasteride for the treatment of prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome. (Donnell RF) Curr Urol Rep 2004 Aug;5(4):298 PMID: 15260931 07/21/2004    
  • Epidemiology of inflammation and prostate cancer. (Donnell RF) Curr Urol Rep 2004 Aug;5(4):297 PMID: 15260930 07/21/2004    
  • Multimodal therapy for chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome. (Donnell RF) Curr Urol Rep 2004 Aug;5(4):299 PMID: 15260932 07/21/2004    
  • Rofecoxib versus placebo in prostatitis. (Donnell RF) Curr Urol Rep 2003 Aug;4(4):309 PMID: 12882723 07/29/2003    
  • Urethral stents in benign prostate hyperplasia. (Donnell RF) Curr Urol Rep 2003 Aug;4(4):282-6 PMID: 12882719 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0142166249 07/29/2003       4 Citations
  • Chronic prostatitis cohort study. (Donnell RF) Curr Urol Rep 2003 Aug;4(4):310 PMID: 12882724 07/29/2003    
  • Changes in medicare reimbursement: impact on therapy for benign prostatic hyperplasia. (Donnell RF) Curr Urol Rep 2002 Aug;3(4):280-4 PMID: 12149158 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0036676953 08/01/2002       8 Citations
  • Prostate cancer: A challenge for screening. (Donnell RF) Surg Oncol Clin N Am 1999 Oct;8(4):693-702, vii PMID: 10452935 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0032883169 08/24/1999       3 Citations
  • Three-dimensional reconstruction of anatomic structures using serial sectional images. (Leissner J, Hohenfellner R, Tay GS, Lawson RK, Donnell RF) Eur Urol 1995;27(3):218-22 PMID: 7601185 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0028925250 01/01/1995       1 Citation
  • Computer-assisted urodynamics. (Jacobs SC, Sebern MA, Donnell R, Lawson RK) J Urol 1984 Oct;132(4):716-7 PMID: 6547982 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0021201094 10/01/1984       8 Citations
  • Design and selected application of an electronic touch-sensitive switch for motor-impaired patients. Suggestion from the field. (Vasudevan SV, Lynch T, Donnell R, Murphy J) Phys Ther 1983 Nov;63(11):1793-4 PMID: 6634946 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0020603364 11/01/1983    
    • Last update: 07/27/2016